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As demand for olive oil outstrips supply, high prices have caused a boom in illegal activity in olive-growing regions.

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The leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots has said the drones could be scrambled much faster than from airbases on mainland Turkey.

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Turkey's Foreign Affairs Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, is in Greece for talks with his Greek counterpart, Nikos Dendias.

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Another EU summit has passed without tough sanctions being imposed on Ankara. When it comes to foreign policy, the national interests of individual EU member states triumph.

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30/11/2020

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The threat of sanctions is looming over Turkey, as calls grow within the EU for the country to face measures for its increasingly aggressive actions in the East Mediterranean and Northern Cyprus.

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The move is likely to reignite tensions with Greece over the sovereignty of waters in the eastern Mediterranean and ownership of natural resources.

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Ankara is currently facing off against Greece over oil and gas drilling rights in the eastern Mediterranean.

07/09/2020

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Greece accused Turkish jets of an incursion as the two sides come to blows over a longstanding dispute of maritime rights and gas resources.

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